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βυ^θός , ὁ,
A.the depth, esp. of the sea, A.Pr.432 (lyr.), 2 Ep.Cor.11.25.
b. generally, συνιζάνειν εἰς β. sink to the bottom, Thphr.Od.29: metaph., “ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσαν ἐς βυθὸν πεσεῖν” S.Aj.1083; “ἀνακουφίσαι κάρα βυθῶν” Id.OT24; ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα from the deep wound, Id.Ph.783; “καταφέρεσθαι εἰς β.” Arist.HA619a7, etc.; τὴν ἀναφορὰν ποιησάμενος ἐκ τοῦ β. ib.622b7; ἐν τῷ β. τῆς θαλάττης ib.537a8: metaph., ἐν βυθῷ ἀτεχνίης in the depth of . . , Hp.Praec.7; “ἐν β. ἡ ἀλήθεια” Democr.117; “εἴς τινα β. φλυαρίας ἐμπεσών” Pl.Prm.130d; “ἀθεότητος” Plu.2.757c; ὑπέρκοσμος β. abyss, Dam.Pr.106,205.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • New Testament, 2 Corinthians, 11.25
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